Wagon-rack standard.



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WAGON RACK STANDARD.

APPLIOATIO-N FILED JULY-26, 190T.

'PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908. i

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; B) h r UNITED STATES me OFFICE 1 LOUIS Pers an COOK, OF CLARENDON, NewYORK.

WAGON-RACK STANDARD.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

Application filed July 26, 1907. Serial No. 385,711.

Clarendon, in the county of Orleans and Stateof New York, have inventeda new and useful lVagon-Rack Standard, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has relation to standards for wagon racks and it consistsin the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinaftershown and described.

The object of the irwention is to provide a standard of the characterindicated which is of simple and durable construction and the parts ofwhich may be readily adjusted so that the wagon rack may beadvantageously utilized for transporting hay, wood, stock or othermaterial. -The standard consists primarily of a hanger which is adaptedto engage the side of a wagon body and is provided at its outer sidewith a flange having a curved slot cut therein. .Binate arms are pivotedto the upper end of the hanger and are spaced apart. Braces are )ivotedat their upper ends to the arms and at their lower ends are providedwith a )in which operates in the curved slot of the hanger. y

In the accompanying drawing:-Figure 1 is a side elevationof the standardwith the arms thereof lowered. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of thestandard in the osition shown in Fi 1, and Fig. 3 is a side e evation ofthe standard showing the arms elevated.

The standard consists of the hanger 1 which is provided at its upper endwith a hook 2 which is adapted to be slipped over the upper edge of theside of a wagon body. The lower end of said hanger is provided with aperforation 3 through which a pin, screw, nail or other securing .devicemay be passed for the purpose of positively fixing the hanger withrelation to the sides of the wagon body. The upper end of the hanger 1is. provided with a lug 4 and the lower portion of the hanger 1 isprovided at its outer side with an elongated flange 5 which is providedwith aslot 6 which is outwardly curved at its upper end. The binate arms7 are located one upon each side of the lug 4 and are pivotallyconnected therewith. The said arms are spaced apart and the blockS isinterposed between the outcrends thereof. The space between the saidarms is sufficient for the reception of bolts which form the side ofwagon rack securing means and inasmuch as the said arms are spaced apartpractically along rheircntire length the side bars of the wagon rack maybe adjusted to form a closed or open sided rack as desired. The braces 9are pivoted at their upper ends to the arms 7 at a point substantiallymidway between the opposite ends thereof. The lower ends of the braces 9are provided with apin 10 which is located in and operates within theslot 6. At the lower end of the said slot 6 the hanger 1 is providedwith a lug 1 1 upon which the lower end of the brace 9 may rest when thearms 7 are held in inclined relation to the said hanger 1. \Vhen thearms 7 are swung into a vertical position with relation to the hanger 1the pin 10 passes up the slot 6 and enters the outwardly curved upperend thereof, whereby, the braces 9 are swung in a lateral directionsufficiently to clear the lug 4, and form a means for supporting thearms 7 in the said vertical position. 4 7

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

A wagon rack standard comprising a hanger having a lag at its lower endportion, binate arms spaced apart along their entire length and pivotedto opposite sides of the hanger, the space between the arms beingadapted to adjustably receive the securing bolts of the side boards ofthe wagon rack, said hanger having at its lower portion an elongatedslot located above said lug, braces pivotally connected at their outerends with the outer sides of the binate arms and a pin connecting theinner ends of the braces together, said pin being located in said slotsaid braces being chanifered at their ends and

